page_title: Vincenzo Pipino
section_title: Works
hierarchical_section_title: Vincenzo Pipino / Works
caption_attribution_description: English: Cover of book Rubare ai ricchi non è peccato written by Vincenzo Pipino, published in 2010. The image used on the cover is the public domain work of art by Canaletto from 1730 titled Fonteghetto della farina. (See File:Fonteghetto della farina, Canaletto, circa 1730.jpg). It was one of the works of art stolen (and returned) by the author of the depicted book.
context_page_description: Vincenzo Pipino, also known as Encio, is an Italian thief from Venice whose exploits earned him the nickname "the gentleman thief". He is the first person to successfully steal from the Doge's Palace, and has been responsible for some of the most sensational art thefts in the city.
  During his lifetime, he has committed over 3,000 thefts at museums, galleries, banks, and private residences, 50 thefts of jewelry shops, and stole thousands of kilograms of gold throughout Europe. His activities have resulted in over 300 complaints to police, he has been arrested numerous times, and has received 15 sentences totalling over 25 years in prison. He once escaped from a penitentiary in Vaud, Switzerland.
  He has stated that he knows he is destined to die incarcerated.
context_section_description: Pipino is the author of two books. In 2010, his autobiography Rubare ai ricchi non è peccato ("Stealing from the rich is not a sin") was published by Biblioteca dell'Immagine. Its cover depicts a portion of Canaletto's Fonteghetto della farina that he stole in 1998. In October 2015, Memorie di un ladro filosofo. Quando il furto diventa un'arte was published by Milieu edizioni, Milano, in Banditi senza tempo, and features a portrait of Pipino photographed by Beatrice Mancini.
  Pipino, Vincenzo (2010). Rubare ai ricchi non è peccato [Stealing from the rich is not a sin] (in Italian). ISBN 9788863910292.
  Pipino, Vincenzo (September 2015). Memorie di un ladro filosofo. Quando il furto diventa un'arte [Memories of a philosopher thief: When the theft becomes an art] (in Italian). Milieu (Banditi senza tempo). ISBN 978-88-98600-10-6.
caption: The cover of Pipino's autobiography Rubare ai ricchi non è peccato, depicting the 1730 Canaletto work Fonteghetto della farina
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